Metal-cutting shears



March 30,1926. .5 3 1 C. S. ALLEN METAL CUTTING SHEARS Filed March .24, 1925 2 shee ts-she at l P2 Ii'g l be Y 2 meats-Silesia c. s. ALLEN METAL CUTTING SHEARS Filed March 24, 1925 March 30 1926.

Patented Mar. 39, 1926.

UNITED, STATES CARL S. ALLE-N, F CINCiNNATI, OHIO.

METAL-CUTTING saunas.

{Application filed March 24, 1525. .Serial No. 13,646.

To all whom z'tonay concern.

Be it known that I, CARDS. ALLEN, a:;citizen of the'United States, residing at Cincinnati,in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Metal-Cutting Shears, i

i of which the following is a Specification.

My invention relates to metal cutting shears employable principally for cutting scrap metals and materials, and is intended primarily for heavy cutting, it being understood that the'rotating arms hereinafter de-' scribed may have a weightof several tons, although it is obvious that the. shears may be made in smaller sizes if desired.

It is the primary ob ect of my invention therefore to so construct shearsof this character that great cutting force is appliedby the same, and to construct. and arrange the various parts so that such cuttings are performed with a'minimum of strains upon the working parts, and so that great power isapphed to the cutting operations, and,

further, to so construct and arrange the parts concerned in the cutting operations that the relatively stationary knife is clear of obstruction above it between cutting operations for ready insertion of the materials to be cut with simple movements. quickly It has been a practice heretofore to cut materials of this character with a shears having so-c'alled alligator jaws, comprising a pivoted cutting jaw to which a reciprocating movement was applied up and down with relation no a-relatively" stationary aw, with the'result that only a comparatively small opening was permitted between the jaws for insertion of material, and to'iin part feeding movements in several CilIGC- tions to the heavy material being out be.

tween cutting operations; for instance, first.

of the jaws and the points of greatestopenmg between the aws upon the opening movement of the movable pivotedaw, see- 0nd, a feeding movementlateral with relation to the aws for moving the material intothe plane of thejaws, and, third, an insertingmovement'iii the plane of the jaws toward the. pivoted end ofthe reciprocating jaw orginto the throatof the aws. This latter movement was limitedfas the separation between the aws at and adj acent tothe' throat was small, sothat the bulkier amaterials' could befinserted only slightly, 1

where the force necessary to perform the cutting was greatest, and alsqmatkin'git necessary to perform several cutting operations in the same plane in the'material in order to sever the piece desired.

It is the obyectofmy invention to avoid these "objections, and to provide a metal ment' in "one direction of the material to be cut is required, namely, a movement at right an "les to the plane of the blades for feeding the material in the one direction" or path into a position above'the relatively stationary cutter-blade t is the objectof V r I I iny iiivention,further, to provide a rotatable cut-ter-arm which moves toward'the relatively stationary blade dining the. cutting operation,"-and continues in said moveinentfor moving entirely out of 1' the path of the material, so thatthe'inaterial may be fed transversely of the cutter arm into its'next cutting position, while the at the other side of its axis of rotation so as,

to reach its next cutting position for cutting I the material, which has meanwhile been moved into such cutting position.

It is the object of my invention, further,-

to provide afp'l ur'ality of such rotating cutter-arms having cutter-blades thereon, the"- cutter-arms and blades being oppositely dis- '80 cutter-arm moves'in a rotary path upwardly performing its cutting operation, the' o ther cutter-arm and its blade resists said cutting strain by co'action with the resistance plate, and, further, to provide 'COIliiilUOUSlY rotating means for continuously rotating a rotatable CITLttQl'iZ'H-DIQ OII which the rotatable cut! t ng means is'mounted'. a releasing movement toward the outer ends I he invention will be further'readily understood'from the following description and in which claims, and from the drawings,

front elevation of the same,

partly in section on theline 2-2 of F ig. 1, and" showing the rotating cutter-blades in I intermediate position, I Fig. '3, is across-section of the latter, taken on the, 'line';33 of Fig. 1, partly broken llO ' sistance-p late Fig.4 is as section of thejrotary' cutter franie and it's mounting m ans, taken ,Fi 5 is a detail in cross-sectiom-taken on the line 5 5 of Fig. l, showing thel'eoactivc relation between cutter-bladem -and, ,1 r

'Fig; 6 is a verticalse ction on the lilie'G-G of Fig. 1 showing thegcoactive .relation'between the rotating cutter-blade and the re- The base of -11; .This base is amassive baseto effectively resist strains by its :Weight andfstructure.

A relatively, stationary cutter-blade 12 is secured to the base, being located in a rabbet 13 on ashoulder l l in a Wall 15 of the base,

actiontherealon'g in upward direction for and fixed to said wall by'means of bolts 16 and nuts 17 the-bolts being shown as havthe Wall. 7

ing countersunk heads 18 in holes in-the cutter-blade and passing through holes 19 :in A. rotatable frame 2111s rotatable" on a shaft22, located in a bearing -23 on an up- 'ivard'projection 24, at'the rear of thefbase,

Yand' in a beai'in' g2 5in thefi'ont Wall ofthe baseadjacent to the cutter-blade 12. This rotatable-frame.has thereon a cutter-blade 0'1: cutter-blades coacting with the relatively stationary cutter-blade, [and is exemplified as comprising arms 28, 29, extending'in opposite' directions laterally from thejcentral elongated hub 30 of the rotatable frame.

This rotatable frame and the arms are.

preferably llTRSSlYQ fOI imparting great I strength thereto, Rota-table -blades' 3l, 32,

J are'fixed to the respectiye arms. I Each of these-blades is shown as fixed'to its arm by being receivedin 'arabbet 33 therein against a shoulder 34,'bolts 35 and nuts 36 clamping: the cutter-blade in place. The bolts are shown as having countersunk heads 37 re V ce ved 111' countersunk recesses 1n the cutterbladefand extending through holes :38 in the arm.

. The rotatable frame preferably rotates I abont' the shaft 22 on bearings fll in said 7 rotatable frame, the 'shaft being fast in the bearings 23, 25, one end of the shaft hav'ing a flange 42 for'locating the same with re- 1 'lation to the'bearing'28, and the other end of theshaft having a reduced end 43, which The relatively stationary cutter-blade 12 lis located at oneside of the axis of' -rota- '-tion of the rotatable. frame; 1A resistance-y plate51, coacting with the'rotatingcu tter -bjlades,- is} at the other; Side-0f the axis 10f: -.-rota tion}of the rotatable framefbeing'shown' is threaded, a'washerlsl bearing againsta shoulderf45 on said shaft and the outer: end

of the'b'earing 25. A nut 46 threaded over v and holds the shaft endwise fixed to the base,"asby being received in a rabbet 52 in the Wall 15 of the'bas'e, and;

resur ri en immer t-a be1is 54. and nuts.

55 'cla-inpn'ig' the resistance-plate in place,

the heads 56 of the bolts being shown countersunk'in countersunk recesses in the plate and the bolts passing through holes 57 "in the wall of the base. F

- The rotatable arms are subjected to great feet between 'thecoacting cutter-blades and for resisting these lateral tilting stresses,

' the cutter-blade on the rotating arm oppositeto the rctatingari'n which is-performing I I u j proper cutting relation with a shearing efthe machine is represented at r the cutting function. is arranged to coact with the resistance-plate, having a Wiping receiving the resultant lateral'thrust due to the cutting action "of the cutter-arm cut ting position.

h-feans' are provided for contnmqu'sly ro- "tatingtherotatable fra1ne,'eiempli-fied as a large massive gear 61, which is shown integral withthe rotatable frame- A pnnon 62 meshes with the gen 61. "and is fast on a V sha ft 63, ashy a key The shaft'is, 3o

tatable in bearings-65, (56, on upward projeetions 2a, 67, and has a 68 fast there on, as by means of akey 69. A pinion 4O meshes with the gear 68, and 1S fasten a shaft 71, as by a key 72. The shaft Ti is rotatable in bearings73, 74, on the upward 7? of an electric motor 78 mounted on the base. I I i a A A vfly-Wheel '79 is fast on thefshaft 71. Theshaf-t 71 is held endwise in its bearings. Collars 81, same secured to said shaft by pins-'83, S lf The collar 81. is at the;;onter side of the fly-Wheel 7 9 and the collar 82'isv at the inner end of the bearing73. The flywheel rotates inuch n'iore rapidlv than'the rotatable 'lniife-franie, due to the gearing connections therebet-u 'een, and has the effect of maintaining the rotatable frame in reg-m lar rotating relation and overcoming the resistances due to the cutting actions, and

jmaintains a forceful rotating power during the cuttingnioments. v :.v 1 r In operatioin .theniaterial to becutyfor instance scrapinetal, is fed-preferably from the front of the machine, along "Wl'iich the 'wall 15extends, across the lower relatively tiallyright' angles tothe plane of thecutterblades. The rotatable cutter-blades "rotate insthe direction oft'he' arrow a. l

I stationary cutter bladem, the operator movg 111g the-,llnateria-l 1n. atdirection at: substan- This,-feedi-ng increment of the ni'aterial inay tak'e place immediately aftenone efjthe I rotatable arms 'With; its cutt'erI-blade .has passed the relatively stationary cu-tter blade' in severing a piece of the material. The rotating arm contmueszm its downward movement after such severing, and passes below the horizontal plane of the relatively sta-, tionary cutter-bladelQ.

As soon as this arm has so passed this horizontal plane, the space above the stationary knife is entirely free of obstruction, so that the material may be given an additional feeding movement across the relatively stationary cutter-blade in a direction at substantial right angles thereto, and close to the iuner'end of the cutter-blade, that'is, closely adjacent to the axis of rotation of the rotatable frame; These feeding movements are in practice usually short for cutting the material into shortpieces.

This clearance above therelatively stationary cutter-blade continues until the next rotating cutter-blade arrives at cutting positions, giving ample time for the operator to properly place his material.- I

An intermediate cutter position of the cutter-blades is exemplified in Figs. 2 and 3, in which the advancing rotating cutterblade is shown at right angles to the'position of the relative stationary cutter-blade, and exemplifies the wide mouth between the cutter-blades into which material may be fed and the free positions of the cutterblades for feeding movementsfof the material.

The cutter-blades continue in their rotating movement, and the next alternately rotating cutter-blade begins to cut the ma-- terial. In the meantime the rotating cutterblade which has last performed] its cutting function has arrived in position for coaction with the resistance-plate, in order to resist and overcome the laterally tilting stresses upon the rotating cutter-arms by the cutting operation. a

The cutting operations are repeated in rapid sequence, and the feeding movements are also performed with rapidity, as it is necessary in my device to move the material in-only one direction, namely, in apath at right angles to the relatively stationary cutterblade. The rotating cutter-blades are also continuously propelled in the same ,di-

rection by means of powerful gearing acted on by a powerful motor, with a fly-wheel acting to maintain uniformity of speed of the rotating cutter-blades by overcoming the peaks of resistance thereto during the cutting operation.

Having thus fully described my invention 'what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is; V

1. A metal cutting shears comprising a base, a relatively stationary "cutter-blade fixed thereto, a rotatable frame comprising oppositely laterally extending arms, a cut-t ter-blade fixed to each of said arms-coacting v alternately with said first-named cutterblade, and ,a resistance-plate fixed to said base with which said second-named cutterblades'alternately coact, constructed and arranged whereby when one offsaid secondnamed cutter-blades coacts with said firstnamed cutter-blade the other of said secondnamed cutter-blades coacts with said resistance-plate to counteract the lateral cutting.

strain on said oppositely extending arms.

v 2. A metal cutting shears coinprislngfa base, a rotatable fran'ie comprlslng -a pair of oppositely laterally extending arms having rotary paths of travel, a cutter-blade fixed to each of said arms, a relatively stationary cutter-blade on said base at one side of the axis of rotation of said rotatable frame, a resistance-plate on said base at the other side of said axis of rotation, said 'firstnamed cutter-blades coacting alternately with said second-named cutter-blade during their downward movements and ,coacting al ternately with said resistance-plate during their upward movements, and one of said rotating cutter-blades coacting with 'said relatively stationary cutter-blade while the other of said rotating cutter-blades coacts vwith said resistance-plate to resist the cutframe, a resistance-plate fixed to saidfbase' at the other side of said axis of rotation, said I first-named cutter-blades coacting alternatea v ly with said second-named cutter-blade dur-- mg thelrdownward movements and coactlng alternately with said resistance-plate during their upwardmovements, one of. said rotating cutter-blades coasting with said relatively stationary cutterblade while the other of said rotating cutter-blades coacts' with said resistance-plate to resist the cutting stresses on said arms during cutting operations, driving means, and gearingconnectng sald 'drlvmg means with said rotatable frame for continuouslyrotating the latter.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto V signed my name. a

CARL s. 'ALLEU. 

